I pretty exclusively fish with commando heads (chucking big balsa poppers for bass and swinging flies for steelhead) and I thought the loop to loop running through the guides would be a problem but it just sounds a little clanky. No hang ups. I also fish the OPST lazar line for steelhead and 40lb Berkley big game on the bass rig. The 40lb is thicker and easier to get a good hold onto for shooting and stripping. The 35lb lazar is thinnnnn stuff but she sure does fly. The pink is pretty cute too

Nick

Anyone else have any experience with the SA Spey lite integrated line? I am thinking about trying a 180g on my bluehalo 3wt to run it as a 4wt. I'm also curious about putting one on my barclay 75p?

The Spey Lite lines look really interesting. Interesting to see that Wulff has hopped on the shorter skagit-y head train and now offer an Ambush short. I do really like integrated lines for stripping streamers and turning over a lot of junk, but for straight up shooting ability, it's tough to beat mono. I'm also in the Commando camp (careful where you say THAT), and noticed that it depends on the knots I use how much hanging up goes on. Take a look at how Ed Ward ties his double surgeons loops...he gets them really really small. Once I started doing it that way, I've been having minimal issues with that. I've just recently switch from Berkley BG to Stren Catfish and really like the Stren more. It just seems easier to get rid of the memory than BG. I digress...I'll be curious to hear what folks think of the SA once more people get their hands on it.

I use a dab of knot sense on my shooting head to mono connections, It makes it a bit more difficult to change heads quickly but it is not permanent. I use a triple surgeons knot on my mono running line, pulled TIGHT with gloves it gets very small. Then a dab of knot sense on that. Always go's out and reels in super smooth, just little click clacks.

I also allways put knot sense into the end of the braided loop that the fly line won't slide into any more, it fills the braid and makes it dense like fly line and not hinge as much.